The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-02-02

blocking N street n showing great en-
thusiasm.
The Indiana Senatorship Is as far from a
settlement as ever, and there is no imme-
date prospect of n change. The General
Assembly met in joint convention Monday
and took one ballot, which resulted: Tur-
pie, a; Harrison, 70; Allen, 4.
The explosion of Il boiler occurred at
SpaDgs Il Co. siron works at marlborough,
near Pittsburg, Pa, badly wrecking the
mill. Onc man named Patterson was in
stantty Killed and a number of others SC.
riously injured.
Friday, Mrs. Kuestcr, of Wisncr, Ne.
braska, put poison i'm n bottle of whisky
with which her husband afterwards treated
the family Of John Wherrcr. All who
drank were taken violently i'll, and Louis
WhCrrCr has since died. Mrs. Kucster has
been arrested.
Two bills directed against the employ
mCnt of PinkcrtOn'S officers within the
STATE were introduced in the New Jersey
Legislature yesterday. They were general
bills, prohibiting, under heavy penalty, any
person noL actually q citizen of the State
from acting us police or detective officer.
Bud Cornish went to the house of n
farmer, John Green, near ~Sharpsvillc, Ky,
and after a few words. shot and killed Lulu
Green, aged Is. The mother attempted o
save her daughter and was also seriously
wounded. Cornish was arrested aud lOdgcp
in Jail at Springfield.
The organization of the New Jersey Sen
ate has been postponed until Friday. In
the House the Democrats by II party vote
passed Il resolution to begin ballOting for
senator, and Leon Abbott, of Hudson, re.
caivcd the 30 Democratic votes, the l,cpub.
Leans refusing to vote on the ground of
illcgaiity.
senator Morgan introduced as an amend,
mcnt to the bill which passed the House
creating II Department of Agriculture and
Labor, II section providing for the transfer
of the signal service to one of the civil de
partmcnts of the Government mot namcd)
aad providing for the retention of the
present organization.
Henry Stiles, a colorcd boy 10 years old.
WAS arrested in Savannah for the murder
Of Charles i!ogcnS, colorcd, II years old.
Tho TWO boys had a quarrel on Tuesday,
and Stiles struck Bogcus in ,hu lack with
It brickhat. Bogcns died Thursday morn.
iH". He was subject 10 spasmS. stiles
claimed that the brick was thrown in self
defence.
.AIout 20O cases Of giant powder cx-
rI"dcd while in transit over the Missouri
Pacific road haif a mile west of Fort Scott,
Kansas. yesterday morning. j was being
transported in Il magazine car. Tho train
consisted of % freight cars and - of them
were completely demolished. The engine
was badly broken up, but not blown Off
Oh" track. Only II man was killed.
IN DrSimi bomb was thrown near the
Town Hail in Altoona last night. but it OK
r,"iri soon and did no harm. Fragments
~! the bomb We're malyIci, and il was
found that il had not been manufactured
10y IN expert. Several Socialists were ar
rested on suspicion of being concerned in
The Affair, but they were liberated after n
short detention.
In the sundry civil appropriation bill re-
HprlCd by Senator Allison. the estimates
amounted 10 sd $40. SOP. The House bill
appropriated $40, 7GH,l11. The Senate com
uIitlCc has increased the amount to $22 .
G93 $40. Thus the bill as reported is
SS.Nl'.uOG below the estimates and S3l, 9i5
IN cNcc>" OF The appropriations for the cur
rent year.
Ehc announcement is made in Cincinnati
That Il contract has been signed for the pur.
PCS" Of putting ON the road a theatrical
company, under the auspices and with the
aVprora! OF the Catholic Church, with the
"hlrct OF collecting Il fund for the rclicf of
ia" ere iilolS OF tno !.lc Archbishop Pur
cell. The venture is to start vc,y COON, but
VIII not do business during Lent.
Angus, Goethe. a car driver in Milwau.
krc, w,s assaulted and robbed some months
ago. Two boys, S!ahon Mccullough and
" IN. Icl'Io, were arrested Oh The charge
"i having done the crime, were convi..cG
3M" sent 10 the pcnitcntiury for three years.
Detectives furnished the evidence against
th,m. Now Father Decker, n Catholic